CORK MAN FOUND GUILTY OF RAPING STEPDAUGHTER

A Cork man accused of repeatedly raping his stepdaughter has been found guilty at the Central Criminal Court.

A Cork man accused of repeatedly raping his stepdaughter over a
seven-year period has been found guilty of all 92 counts against him.

The 40-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons,
went on trial in the Central Criminal Court accused of sexually abusing
the girl between May 2008 and November 2015,
when she was aged between nine and 16 years old.

He had pleaded not guilty to 26 counts of sexual assault,
two counts of attempted rape and 64 counts of raping the girl.

Almost all of the offences took place in the family home in Cork.

The jury of seven men and five women took just under
four hours to return the guilty verdicts.